"discotheque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/, /ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discotheque.wav [Southern-England] Forms: discotheques [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French discothèque (“record library”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|discothèque||record library}} French discothèque (“record library”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} discotheque (plural discotheques)
  1. (dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place. Tags: dated Synonyms: disco Translations (nightclub): دِيسْكُو (dīskū) [masculine] (Arabic), դիսկոտեկ (diskotek) (Armenian), 迪斯科 (dísīkē) (Chinese Mandarin), 迪廳 (Chinese Mandarin), 迪厅 (dítīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 迪斯科舞廳 (Chinese Mandarin), 迪斯科舞厅 (dísīkē wǔtīng) (Chinese Mandarin), diskotéka [feminine] (Czech), discotheek [feminine] (Dutch), diskoteek (Estonian), diskoteekki (Finnish), disko (Finnish), discothèque [feminine] (French), discoteca [feminine] (Galician), დისკოთეკა (disḳoteḳa) (Georgian), Diskothek [feminine] (German), Disko [feminine] (German), Disco [feminine] (German), Tanzlokal (note: more formal) [neuter] (German), ντισκοτέκ (ntiskoték) [feminine] (Greek), דיסקוטק (disqot'eq) [masculine] (Hebrew), diszkó (Hungarian), diskótek [neuter] (Icelandic), discoteca [feminine] (Italian), ディスコ (disuko) (Japanese), дискотека (diskoteka) (Kazakh), 디스코테크 (diseukotekeu) (Korean), Diskothéik [feminine] (Luxembourgish), diskotek [neuter] (Norwegian), dyskoteka [feminine] (Polish), discoteca (Portuguese), tusuna wasi (Quechua), discotecă (Romanian), дискоте́ка (diskotéka) [feminine] (Russian), diskoteka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), discoteca [feminine] (Spanish), disko (Swahili), diskotek [neuter] (Swedish), дискоте́ка (dyskotéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), דיסקאָטעק (diskotek) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-discotheque-en-noun-gvc4w~R- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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